Hitler's Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300244250)

An award-winning historian presents an emotional history of Jewish refugees biding their time in Portugal as they attempt to escape Nazi Europe

This riveting book describes the dramatic experiences of Jewish refugees as they fled Hitler's regime and then lived in limbo in Portugal until they could reach safer havens abroad. Drawing attention not only to the social and physical upheavals these refugees experienced, Marion Kaplan also highlights their feelings as they fled their homes and histories, while having to beg strangers for kindness. Portugal's dictator, António de Oliveira Salazar, admitted the largest number of Jews fleeing westward--tens of thousands of them--but then set his secret police on those who did not move along quickly enough. Yet Portugal's people left a lasting impression on refugees for their caring and generosity.

Most refugees in Portugal showed strength and stamina as they faced unimagined challenges. An emotional history of fleeing, this book probes how specific locations touched refugees' inner lives, including the borders they nervously crossed or the overcrowded transatlantic ships that signaled their liberation.

Author: Marion Kaplan
ISBN-10: 0300244258
ISBN-13: 9780300244250
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/07/2020
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.40w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2020